Biography

Karen Grinzaid is an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Executive Director of JScreen, a national online genetic disease screening program based out of Emory University School of Medicine. She has extensive experience in prenatal, pediatric and adult genetic counseling and testing, as well as clinical care and clinical research focused on lysosomal storage diseases. Karen teaches and mentors students in Emory’s Masters in Genetic Counseling Program. Ms. Grinzaid received her B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University and her M.S. in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College. She is certified in Genetic Counseling by the American Board of Medical Genetics/American Board of Genetic Counseling and as a Clinical Research Coordinator through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.

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